Yes! That’s what we want the Seattle Artist League to be like! We are so happy you are a part of the League, Miles. People like you are the reason we are doing this, and the reason the League is growing into a fun, challenging, and welcoming community. We are so glad you’re a member, …
How did it happen that all of our drawings and paintings are in rectangles? In my online figure drawing class last Sunday, I showed drawings by Matisse, Modigliani, and the very Matisse-like Pierre Boncompain. I talked about positioning the figure within the rectangle, thinking about how the shape of the figure and the shape of …
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. PAREIDOLIA A psychological phenomenon in which the …
Yesterday I posted drawings by Stanley Lewis. Lewis was one of the influences listed by Charity Baker at the New York Studio School. Looking through Lewis’ art and writing, I found an interview on Painting Perceptions that talked about his methods, and his influences: “[Painting from perception] often feels like a horribly impossible thing to …
Drawing A Day, Day 20
Related Posts
Steamroller Prints: a Big Giant Collaborative Event
Yes! That’s what we want the Seattle Artist League to be like! We are so happy you are a part of the League, Miles. People like you are the reason we are doing this, and the reason the League is growing into a fun, challenging, and welcoming community. We are so glad you’re a member, …
Figures on Vessels: Pierre Boncompain
How did it happen that all of our drawings and paintings are in rectangles? In my online figure drawing class last Sunday, I showed drawings by Matisse, Modigliani, and the very Matisse-like Pierre Boncompain. I talked about positioning the figure within the rectangle, thinking about how the shape of the figure and the shape of …
SAL Challenge 14: PAREIDOLIA
Exercise your creativity This SAL Challenge is a vocabulary based creative challenge every day for January. Materials are artist’s choice. You can draw, paint, sew, collage, sculpt your food, anything you want. See below for today’s creative challenge. Set the timer for 20 minutes and see what happens. PAREIDOLIA A psychological phenomenon in which the …
Stanley Lewis talks about his mentor
Yesterday I posted drawings by Stanley Lewis. Lewis was one of the influences listed by Charity Baker at the New York Studio School. Looking through Lewis’ art and writing, I found an interview on Painting Perceptions that talked about his methods, and his influences: “[Painting from perception] often feels like a horribly impossible thing to …